(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Mekong Delta provinces are promptly taking measures to cope with drought and saltwater intrusion to minimise negative impacts on 700,000 hectares of rice, scheduled to be grown in April and May. The Southern Institute of Water Resources Research forecasts that from March to May this year, saltwater will intrude about 40 – 50km inland, with droughts becoming more severe across the Mekong Delta region.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The weather in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces in the coming days will continue to be scorching, with temperatures up to over 39 degrees Celsius. This is the 2nd heat wave in the dry season this year.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Europe is headed for scorching summers with temperatures well over 40 degrees Celsius (104 deg Fahrenheit) and droughts in the south within the next 40 years, climate scientists said Friday.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - While the biting cold that has killed cattle en mass in northern Vietnam will continue until this weekend, the temperature in the southern region has sharply declined down to 15.6oC, the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center reported.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said in 2013, hydro- meteorological experts noted many records about the weather, such as the biggest ever hail in Lao Cai or the "cataclysm" in Quang Ngai.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - Most major components of HCMC’s master zoning plan for drainage until 2020 have been moving at a snail’s pace in the past 15 years though the city has spent some VND29 trillion on them.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has introduced the lattest national greenhouse gas inventory report (GHG). Accordingly, the total GHG emission and absorption of the whole country is 246.8 million tonnes of CO2. Of those, the energy sector is the area with the highest GHG emissions accounting for 53.1% and the agriculture sector accounts for 33.2% of the total.

(Tinmoitruong.vn) - On November 3rd, in Dak GLong District, Dak Nong, the Management Unit of the project “Support for the REDD+ Readiness Preparation” in Dak Nong (REDD+ - Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) in collaboration with the Dak GLong District People’s Committee organized a training course to raise awareness about climate change for forest owners, staff of departments and forest protection force in the District.